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Ragamuffin Soul: Ragamuffin Soul »  Stress Makes Me…

  • mike brennan · 1 year ago
    my eye twitches. just one. never the same. very odd.
  • Ryan · 1 year ago
    either my right eye twitches or I sweat, sometimes both...
  • jaysten · 1 year ago
    head cocks to the right. tongue attempts to stab through left cheek. deep breath coupled with intense should strong. this prompts someone to ask "what's wrong" followed by the exhuberant yet undeniably annoyed "nothing"
  • mattsingley · 1 year ago
    Poop. No, seriously, it does. I have Crohn's disease. It rarely flairs up (I control it with diet and excercise, not medication) but when it does, it's around times of stress. Awesome.
  • Kelli · 1 year ago
    my blood pressure shoots up and I get EXTREMELY tired when Im stressed.
    Hence the reason Ive been napping every day for the last few weeks : (

    Sorry about your sore
  • manasseh · 1 year ago
    I get these nasty hives!
    They itch and hurt and the more I scratch them the bigger they get!
    Really sucks, but thankfully it doesn't happen every single time I am stressed, or I would have to walk around screaming out "unclean!" It's only when I REALLY stressed.
  • Chad Maag · 1 year ago
    When I get stressed I want to smoke. I used to smoke because of stress, so when stress flares so does the desire. Blood pressure usually spikes, and I get migranes.
  • Rhys · 1 year ago
    Dude, Los....I get them all the time from stress. My gf flat out hates knowing I'm getting stressed because then I can barely even eat. lol I've been diagnosed that they occur during stress even...all I know NOT FUN!
  • Nicole · 1 year ago
    I get fat...because I eat A LOT. partly because I get insomnia and stay up to all hours, and partly because its something that I can control.

    which is why I am FAT now. lol

    yay RagamuffinTop challenge!!

    I also grind my teeth.
  • Amy (Dandelion Seeds) · 1 year ago
    MIGRAINES!!!! Been fighting one for a few days now...
  • Chelsea · 1 year ago
    I get stomach cramps. I can't eat or I eat too much and want to get sick. I cry.
    Sadly, all these symptoms occur anytime we're about to spend a weekend with the in-laws. You'd think I'd get over it after 15 years...
  • LorelaiCC aka C.C. Almon · 1 year ago
    migraines, ugly ones, like a knife in my head! ugh!
  • hr · 1 year ago
    i've read your blog for a few weeks now, and THIS is the first entry that made me want to commment. haha. (not that the other stuff was bad, i was just satisfied with only reading it)

    i get cold and canker sores too! they're horrible. i hate associating eating with pain!

    hope it gets better soon.
  • shan · 1 year ago
    i get canker sores too (either when i'm stressed or right before i have a sore throat), like matt singley, i too have poop issues sometimes when stressed/excited, and the worst of all, when i'm stressed i pick at my skin...which makes things more stressful cuz then i get little "break outs" because of it and that stresses me out (it's a vicious cycle)...i think that's pretty much it.
    ...yeah, i'm lots of fun when i'm stressed. :)
  • kristicw · 1 year ago
    I get canker sores with pms. Now that's not likely your reason, but hormonal fluxes do play a part in their appearance for both genders. At least, I think that's true.

    And like others, I'm afraid migraines and a painful stomach take turns during times of stress.
  • hollybird · 1 year ago
    just FYI.. you can also get those from eating lots of tomatoes. they tend to pop up in the summertime because of that. so.. maybe it's not all stress??? or is that wishful thinking.

    btw, I get goosebumps (or what we refer to here as monkey shivers) almost constantly when i am really stressed. It's quite freaky.
  • Michelle · 1 year ago
    clench my teeth, which causes my jaw to hurt, which causes headaches
  • Brook · 1 year ago
    When I get stressed I wake up with a headache the next morning...usually lasts until noon or so. When I get overly-stressed I usually fall into a mild state of depression... not hungry, not driven, want to do something but don't want to do anything.

    My life these days is like walking a tightrope between normality and stressed...

    Brook Sarve
    www.two10eleven.com
  • Fred McKinnon · 1 year ago
    No sleep, mean, irritable, my wife doesn't like me when I'm that way. It's not pleasant. Snappy to kids. Mostly, physically, though ... can't sleep.
  • Cristin · 1 year ago
    HIVES all over my body! They SUCK!!!

    You should try L-Lysine. It's a vitamin. It TOTALLY works for the canker sores...I'm serious. It will shorten the cank's life and if you take it regularly...(or when you feel it coming) you won't get them. I'm totally serious.
  • Michael · 1 year ago
    I get knots in my back the size of golf balls. Yay for a wife that isn't burnt out on a shoulder rub every now and then!

    This is my first time at your site. Your music sounds great.

    Take care,
    Michael
  • kim · 1 year ago
    weird stomach stuff
    because of? resulting in? craving food I don't usually crave
    low threshold for being annoyed
    usually: 'hunker down'... quiet... non-communicative
    this week: opposite. a bit mouthy.
  • Marcus Hackler · 1 year ago
    I totally get canker sores too - I also have restless legs when I'm stressed and end up drinking lots of coffee as a result of that stress.
  • Darcie · 1 year ago
    Good old tension headaches. That heaven for Excedrin.
  • natalie · 1 year ago
    stomach ulcers


    btw, I know this is late, but I just finished listening to My Summer Vacation.

    uh...yeah, bout that...

    You know how you hear somethings with your ears and somethings with her heart... That message, my soul heard.
  • Tammy · 1 year ago
    I was going to tell you the Lysine thing it totally works and I take it all the time to keep them at bay.
    I also get them if I have been grubbing too much Vitamin C foods (OJ, Orange juice you name it)
    Pick some up at Target, GNC and take it.

    I get them when I am stressed too.
  • Tyler Braun · 1 year ago
    my shoulders stay really tight all day long, and i get canker sores too actually and I know it is always from stress. We have something in common Los. Things have been pretty intense at church the past 2 weeks and I just today felt a canker sore coming in. And like you, I had no idea I was stressed. But the canker sore tells me different.
  • alicia · 1 year ago
    neck pain and shingles on the side of my face when I am super stressed... Not fun.
  • Harry · 1 year ago
    My tonsils swell up, and I'm crapping liquid for a while...
  • carie · 1 year ago
    Ugh. I grind my teeth and then have to wear my mouth guard, which I hate. Of course, I don't realize I've been doing it until I wake up with a really sore neck and jaw. Then the mouth guard with the silly little string so you don't choke goes in for a few days. NOT an attractive look and my cats continuously swat at the string hanging out of my mouth while I'm trying to sleep. ;) I feel like a real nerd having typed that.
  • Ron · 1 year ago
    I get a nerve spasm in my back, just by my left shoulder blade. not sore just irritating.
  • b/ · 1 year ago
    I get the same freakin little sores in my mouth.

    Eat LOTS of bananas, gargle lots of water, and go to pharmacy and get L-lysene (taken regularly, this stuff will actually prevent them). They'll be gone as quick as they came.
  • Heidi Reed · 1 year ago
    I get them too. It's herpes simplex 1. I also have herpes simplex 2. I get them both when I'm extremely stressed out, tired, and sick all at once. If it's just stress, then I'll get a canker sore. Just so you know, these little incurable reoccurances will always attack your nervous system. As long as you stay healthy, sleep enough, and reduce stress you'll be fine. As soon as the balance is knocked of tilt you will suffer from those painful blisters. Blah! I know how you feel. Four days till it's gone. Don't kiss your kids on their mouths or let them drink/eat after you for a week. Seriously.
  • Scott Fillmer · 1 year ago
    yep, use to get them when I was stressed, was told also from a lake of vitimans.

    Just don't be stressed :)
  • MichelleVeach · 1 year ago
    remember my prayer request - those bathroom visits on a Sunday morning are liquid poop...and then, by 2pm when I've had lunch w/the gang I love, I'm fine!
  • gillie · 1 year ago
    My psoriasis breaks out (it's Guttate Psoriasis). If I'm a little stressed, I get a few spots here and there. If I'm REALLY STRESSED, like major life crisis stressed, I get covered in them and it looks ringworm all over my body.

    It's a definitive sign that I need a break.
  • The Domestic Goddess · 1 year ago
    Muscle spasms, reflux, and those dreadful canker sores. I have one right now in the same spot!
    I also get hives for no reason. I mean, I've got tons of allergies, but they tend to crop up when I'm more stressed.
  • ally simpson · 1 year ago
    headaches, dizziness, panic attacks but mostly my eczema kicks off badly on my face
  • Jeff T. · 1 year ago
    FAT.
  • matt · 1 year ago
    GAS! and lots of it. Sucks when I'm stressed and wearing a Mic.
  • Cody · 1 year ago
    i get cold sores/fever blisters. ive heard you either get cold sores or canker sores. you cant get both. lysine definitely works.

    take as soon as you feel one coming on
  • Greg Atkinson · 1 year ago
    I get a cold. I feel like my immune system just breaks down and I start feeling miserable.
  • Trevor DeVage · 1 year ago
    I just had two of those pop up this week. I have bit my bottom lip so many times eating because I have two huge craters in my lip...AAHHHHHHH
  • Malachi · 1 year ago
    I get cranky, rude, and insensitive. I'm no fun at all.
  • Nick · 1 year ago
    thanks Los, now my computer screen has herpes because of your nasty pic
  • Paloma · 1 year ago
    It depends on how stressed I've been and for how long, but, from short to long term:

    I get quiet(cause it's so noisy on the inside), my stomach goes wacky, my shoulders tense up, headaches, sensitive/emotional, tired, then if it continues I end up with a cold that knocks me off my feet. I always got sick at the end of every semester past 8th grade. Yay for stress.
    We all need a vacation!
  • Crispy · 1 year ago
    I have Crohn's. So when I'm stresses my stomach hurts, badly.
  • matt g · 1 year ago
    High Blood Pressure... and recently Shingles... at 26. I thought only old people get Shingles.
  • Andrew · 1 year ago
    canker sores and extreme exhaustion
  • transitionpete · 1 year ago
    i get cankers when i don't get enough sleep. my stomach gets *sour* when i get stressed and have to lay off the java for awhile.
  • jenn · 1 year ago
    oh my...my husband has the same problem, but he doesn't get just one, but mouthfuls at a time! not good for the smooching scene at our house. the real question is, what do you do to get rid of them?!? enjoy reading your blog. thanks for posting the 7:22 news. we too were influenced from chicago by this amazing ministry.
  • gabriel mcgee · 1 year ago
    I can't sleep, and either my left or right shoulder gets slightly more elevated than the other one.
  • eryn · 1 year ago
    i clinch jaw or as lame as this sounds bite the side of my mouth.
    i used to bite my nails. (: horray for breaking habits.
  • carie · 1 year ago
    lol Nick. ;)
    Cold sores and Canker Sores are two different things!
  • ash · 1 year ago
    nights full of bad clinching/grinding of teeth that causes equally bad headaches. and I get those same sores too. yuck!
  • Rachael P · 1 year ago
    I get acid reflux...really really really bad acid reflux. its not nice.. :(
  • Liana · 1 year ago
    Ouch! I get them all the time. My husband calls them meanness bumps and says that I get them from being mean to him.
  • Josh Young · 1 year ago
    Canker sores, fever blisters, and eye twitches. Never fails. It sucks. I have two of the three right now actually. Apparently I'm stressed. :)
  • Naz · 1 year ago
    Well, I have OCD, so sometimes I end up doing stupid things that don't make any sense for a long time, like play backgammon, which I'm going to do right now...
  • soozieque · 1 year ago
    I used to get those really bad. My dr told me to take a supplement called L-Lysene (you can get a bottle cheap at GNC) with my vitamins, and it totally cleared mine up, which were also stress related. According to the bottle, it "promotes membrane health" I pop one every day with my daily vitamin. Good stuff!
  • soozieque · 1 year ago
    I just realized approximately 4.93 million people already mentione L-Lysene. That's what happens when I comment before reading all the comments!
  • Jen · 1 year ago
    oh, lame Carlos...you need some sleep. stress for me means a complicated migraine where half my face and the left side of my body goes numb...like a stroke. Its freaky, but sleep (like days of it) is the cure.
  • Karen · 1 year ago
    I'm just releived on behalf of the veiwing blog world that your stress does not cause hemorroids.
  • FaithfulB · 1 year ago
    Canker sores also indicate that your stomach may be upset.
  • Rhi · 1 year ago
    muscle twitches and i lose my voice...